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gsn_csm_map_ce

Creates and draws a cylindrical equidistant map.

Prototype

load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"

	function gsn_csm_map_ce (
		wks [1] : graphic,  
		res [1] : logical   
	)

	return_val [1] :  graphic

Arguments

wks

A Workstation identifier. The identifier is one returned either from calling gsn_open_wks or calling create to create a Workstation object.

res

A variable containing an optional list of plot resources, attached as attributes. Set to True if you want the attached attributes to be applied, and False if you either don't have any resources to set, or you don't want the resources applied.

Return value

A scalar id of the map plot created is returned. This is useful if you want to use setvalues to change some plot options after this function has been called.

Description

This function creates and draws a cylindrical equidistant map plot on the given workstation. The map will be centered at longitude 0 unless you set the resource mpCenterLonF to the desired center longitude.

For the map, the following will happen automatically:

• the continents will be colored gray
• the continental outlines will be turned off
• the latitude/longitude locations will be labeled
• the tickmarks will point outward

See Also

gsn_map, gsn_csm_map, gsn_csm_map_polar

Examples

For some application examples, see:

• "histo_9.ncl" (view example)
• "ocean_3.ncl" (view example)

For some more application examples, see the map suite of examples.